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Then-Presidential candidate Jimmy Carter prepares to give a speech to a crowd estimated at 35,000 in downtown Philadelphia in October 1976. (AP Photo/File)

Mary Frances Berry Reflects on the Legacy of Jimmy Carter
Temporary Flyer for the International Conference on Everyday Lives of Instability in the Global South

Call for Papers: International Conference on Everyday Lives of Instability in the Global South
Herman Beavers

Herman Beavers elected second vice president of MLA
Africana Studies 2024 Newsletter Cover

Read our 2024 Annual Newsletter
Simone Eccleston, Director of Hip Hop Culture and Contemporary Music, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Simone Eccleston, Director of Hip Hop Culture and Contemporary Music at Kennedy Center on her pivotal experience at the Africana Studies Summer Institute
Timothy Rommen is the Davidson Kennedy Professor in the College of Arts and Sciences and professor of music and Africana studies in the School of Arts & Sciences. His role as inaugural vice provost for the arts begins Jan. 1, 2025.

Africana Studies Professor Timothy Rommen appointed vice provost for the arts at Penn
Madam Leymah Gbowee speaking from a podium

The 4th Annual Distinguished Lecture in African Studies Recap
Emeritus professor Mary Frances Berry reflected on the 60-year anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in conversation with Marcia Chatelain. (Image: Tyrone Bullock Jr.)

60 years of civil rights with Mary Frances Berry
Headshot of Wale Adebanwi

Wale Adebanwi: why my book on Gani Adams, OPC took 20 years - The Nation Newspaper
Dr. Hanchard delivers his talk "The State's Capillaries"

Pictures from "The State's Capillaries" by Dr. Michael Hanchard